Information, topic by topic, on prisons across the world

May 20, 2020

Argentina: ¿para qué está la cárcel?

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Coronavirus South America Women LGBTQI Material conditions Overcrowding Argentina

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May 5, 2020

Türkiye: a life in isolation

Interview

Europe LGBTQI Access to legal rights Material conditions Facilities Turkey

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) prisoners represent a minority. Their protection is not ensured at all levels and their specific needs are neglected. Hilal Basak Demirbas works at the Society in the Penal System association. She regularly exchanges letters with LGBTI prison…

December 18, 2019

Russia: transgender woman in Russia faces hard time in men's prison

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Asia Europe LGBTQI Russia

Michelle had no idea that the erotic anime images she posted on social media years ago could land her in an all-male prison and endanger her life.

December 11, 2019

USA: transgender inmate ruling could change prison policy

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North America LGBTQI United States

Nevada must comply with a recent federal appeals court ruling requiring that inmates receive state-funded gender confirmation surgery.

December 10, 2019

USA: trans felons want lifetime ban on name change removed

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North America LGBTQI United States

A group of transgender plaintiffs sued the state of Illinois for the right to change their legal name despite past felony convictions.

November 29, 2019

Latvia: last inmates transferred from Brasa prison prior to closure

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Europe LGBTQI Latvia

This week the last inmates were transferred from the to-be-liquidated Brasa prison to other correctional facilities, while the Brasa prison will be closed down as of April 1, Latvian Prison Administration rep Aija Fedorova told the press.

November 16, 2019

Spain: los presos trans podrán trasladarse de cárcel según su sexo sentido

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Europe LGBTQI Spain

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November 6, 2019

Chile: "contra las mujeres y las personas LGBTIQ existe una violencia específica"

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South America LGBTQI Violence Chile

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September 23, 2019

South Africa: transgender inmate wins right to express her gender in male prison

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LGBTQI South Africa

The Equality Court sitting in the Western Cape ordered that the Department of Correctional Services had to respect September’s wishes to be treated as a woman.

September 2, 2019

USA: trans woman kept in men’s prison for a year says she was harassed and beaten

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LGBTQI United States

A trans woman has said that the state of New Jersey knowingly kept her in men’s prisons for more than a year, where she says she was sexually harassed and beaten.

August 22, 2019

“I am a woman, do not lock me up with men!”

Testimonial

Women LGBTQI Morocco

Sama was incarcerated in Boulmharez, Morocco. She tells her story.

August 21, 2019

Protecting LGBTI people deprived of their freedom: a fundamental duty

Interview

LGBTQI

The Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), headquartered in Geneva, has been working for forty years to prevent abuse in prison, especially by strengthening the monitoring bodies in places of deprivation of liberty. It is publishing a monitoring guide for the protection of LGBTI persons i…

August 18, 2019

Nicaragua: cárcel y homofobia

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Central America and the Caribbean LGBTQI Nicaragua

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July 31, 2019

USA: cause of death revealed for transgender woman who died at Rikers Island

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North America LGBTQI United States

Officials said an autopsy found that a transgender woman died of complications from epilepsy in New York’s Rikers Island jail, exacerbating her family’s suspicion that jail conditions contributed to her death.

June 11, 2019

United States: after a transgender woman’s death at Rikers, calls for justice and answers

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North America LGBTQI United States

In April, Layleen Polanco, a transgender woman, was arrested on misdemeanor assault charges and sent to the Rikers Island jail complex because she could not afford to pay a $500 bail. Nearly two months later, she was found dead in her cell.

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May 13, 2019

LGBTI people deprived of their freedom: ring the warning bell

Analysis Report

LGBTQI Access to legal rights Justice

Gang rapes, harassment, inhumane treatment, insults: LGTBI people are victims of physical and verbal abuse. Imprisonment exposes them to more risks.

April 22, 2019

France: à Caen, dans la prison pionnière des transgenres

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Europe LGBTQI France

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April 1, 2019

Nicaragua: mujeres transgénero denuncian abusos en las cárceles

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Central America and the Caribbean LGBTQI Nicaragua

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March 3, 2019

UK: first transgender prison unit to open

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Europe LGBTQI Facilities United Kingdom

The UK’s first prison unit for transgender inmates will open this week, the Ministry of Justice has said.

January 25, 2019

United States: transgender inmate moved to women’s prison

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Women LGBTQI United States

For the first time in the state, a transgender inmate has been moved from an all-male prison to the state women’s prison, MCI-Framingham (above) to be housed according to her gender identity.

January 3, 2019

Mexico: garantizar derechos de población lésbico-gay en cárceles, pide CNDH

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Central America and the Caribbean LGBTQI Mexico

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November 30, 2018

United Kingdom : A third of prisons hold at least one transgender inmate, MoJ says

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Europe LGBTQI United Kingdom

Official data shows that 114 prisoners identified as female and 19 as male

November 16, 2018

France: la France Insoumise veut améliorer les conditions de détention des personnes trans’

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Europe LGBTQI France

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September 9, 2018

United Kingdom: sexual assaults in women's prison reignite debate over transgender inmates

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Women LGBTQI United Kingdom

A leading prison reformer has said prisoners who have committed violent offences against women should not be able to transfer to women’s prisons if they have not legally changed their gender, after it emerged that a transgender inmate had sexually assaulted fellow prisoners after transferring to a…